From 7ab0f2736bfe137a82a7084bbfb5f809da95cabd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Hutchings Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 10:39:43 +0000 Subject: netdev: Remove redundant checks for CAP_NET_ADMIN in MDIO implementations dev_ioctl() already checks capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) before calling the driver's implementation of MDIO ioctls. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/pcmcia/axnet_cs.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/pcmcia/axnet_cs.c') diff --git a/drivers/net/pcmcia/axnet_cs.c b/drivers/net/pcmcia/axnet_cs.c index 3b681c1d7523..4f2fef6cf6dc 100644 --- a/drivers/net/pcmcia/axnet_cs.c +++ b/drivers/net/pcmcia/axnet_cs.c @@ -706,8 +706,6 @@ static int axnet_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd) data[3] = mdio_read(mii_addr, data[0], data[1] & 0x1f); return 0; case SIOCSMIIREG: /* Write MII PHY register. */ - if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) - return -EPERM; mdio_write(mii_addr, data[0], data[1] & 0x1f, data[2]); return 0; } -- cgit v1.2.3